Jefferson Adams is a freelance writer living in San Francisco. His poems, essays and photographs have appeared in Antioch Review, Blue Mesa Review, CALIBAN, Hayden's Ferry Review, Huffington Post, the Mississippi Review, and Slate among others.

He is a member of both the National Writers Union, the International Federation of Journalists, and covers San Francisco Health News for Examiner.com.

By Jefferson Adams

Published on 07/10/2007

Celiac.com 07/10/2007 - This study demonstrates that people
with celiac disease face an elevated

Celiac.com 07/10/2007 - This study demonstrates that people
with celiac disease face an elevated risk of glomerulonephritis. Multiple
studies have shown higher levels of celiac disease auto-antibodies in
patients with renal disease; and certain renal disease will improve on
a low-antigenic diet that is gluten-free. Not much is understood about
the risk of severe renal disease such as renal failure in individuals
with celiac disease.

In a general population based cohort study, a team of
researchers set out to assess the individuals with celiac disease for
any form of glomerulonephritis (acute, chronic and non- specified), chronic
glomerulonephritis and renal replacement therapy including dialysis treatment
and kidney transplantation.
The research team was made up of Anders Ekbom, Michael Fored, Jonas F.
Ludvigsson, Johnny Ludvigsson, Nders ekbom, Ola Ole, & Scott M. Montgomery.

They looked at data from 14,336 patients who were diagnosed
with celiac disease between 1964 and 2003. Patients were chosen from the
Swedish Hospital Discharge Registry. They established a control group
of 69,875 individuals matched for age, calendar year, sex and county.

Higher Risk of Glomerulonephritis for Celiac Patients

The results showed that patients with celiac disease
face an increased risk of developing chronic renal disease, and may also
be at a face a slightly higher risk for any form of glomerulonephritis.

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2006 21(7):1809-1815

health writer who lives in San Francisco and is a frequent author of articles
for Celiac.com.